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Orono Town Hall . bowmanville library ■ 62 Temperance St. 1.1.04 Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 3A8 $1.00 G ST Included Wednesday May 7, 2003 Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard, Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Starkville and Tyrone since 1937 Anita DeVries photo Ashley Bell and twin-for-the-day, Dayna Pogue, enjoyed spirit day at Orono Public School on Monday. Both girls like sunny days (not rain), spaghetti and playing Barbies. A schoolbus driver whose vehicle was disabled on Monday when she struck a turkey, has since heard pretty well every "gobble gobble" gag going. But after all the good- natured teasing, many colleagues colleagues gave her credit for keeping her head in an emergency. emergency. "She handled it well," said Kelly Pinheiro, transportation co-ordinator at Knox Christian School. "She didn't hit the brakes." The bus driver, who wishes to remain anonymous, was eastbound on Taunton Road approaching the Hwy. 115 without any passengers when she caught sight of something flying out of the woods. It was so enourmous that she initially mistook it for an emu. Good instincts and driver Wilcox Road residents still eating dust Wilcox Road residents fear they're looking at another long summer of noise and dust: Their road is a preferred route for many all terrain vehicle (ATV) riders to gain access to the Ganaraska Forest and the miles of trails the conservation conservation authority offers to motorized vehicles. A hundred bikes and ATV's go up and down the road a day on weekends, say Mrs. Lois Moore, a Wilcox Road resident, and it begins as soon as the deep snow is off the road and it goes on till the snow falls in the winter. "It's getting worse each year," stated Mrs. Moore in a phone interview with the Times on Monday evening. "Three years ago it wasn't so bad, but now it's getting worse every year, and last year was double the year before," she stated. Wilcox Road is a municipal municipal road, and these ATV's are not licensed for public roads, says Moore, yet the police seem reluctant to stop the recreational vehicles from using the public road. Two Sunday's ago Durham Regional Police officers did stop about 15 bikes in about half an hour, according Moore, they gave the machine operators warnings, and let them proceed, she said. Aside from the dust created by these riders on weekends, noise and safety are also an issue to the residents. Moore says, "you take your life into your, hands just getting the paper from the end of the driveway." Another Wilcox Road resident, resident, who wished to remain nameless, sent council a letter dated May 5, 2002, in which he claims he saw over 200 bikes and ATVs travelling two, three and four abreast, unlicensed, no mufflers, obvious obvious underage mini-ATV drivers drivers racing down the paved portion of Wilcox Road , past the front of his house to get into the forest. "We really aren't being dramatic. Last summer we had to call the ambulance service twice for injured bikers outside our driveway. Let's use common sense and avoid a potential fatality." Ward four councillor councillor Gord Robinson confirms he was met by aggressive ATV operators when he drove on Wilcox Road last Sunday. This matter was brought before Clarington council in September of 2002, where Mayor John Mutton, who is also Chair of the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority instructed the Director of Engineering Services, Mr. Tony Cannella, to do what he had to, to find a solution to the problem. Cannella has been attempting attempting to get the Ministry of Transportation to close the tunnel under Highway 115/35 at Enterprise Hill, to motorized motorized vehicles during the non WILCOX ROAD continued page 3 The Orono Amateur Athletic Association is being honoured for its work "establishing "establishing a collective voice for sport" in the municipality. A Community Sport for All award will be presented to the OAAA at a sport leadership conference and banquet on May 9th in Markham, Ontario. The event, which features a motivational speak- OAAA continued page 5 training told her that she should not swerve or brake suddenly, so she took her foot off accelerator and slowed. "I'm going to have to hit that," she remembers thinking. thinking. "I was just hoping it was faster than me, which it wasn't." wasn't." The impact shattered the front windshield and side mirror, mirror, and left the hood scraped TURKEY continued page 3 What's Inside.,, pg. 5 Vi,-'. ORONO CROWN LANDS TRUST Tree Planting May 10 • 8:30 a.m. Linton Trail entrance Bring your own spade! Wagon rides, hot dogs, and beverages. ' : ! | 1 P Vî'